Bottle-wire cutter.



PATBNTED MAY 26, 1903.

J. TRAFFORD.

BOTTLE WIRE CUTTER.

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UNll ED STATES Patented May 26., 1903.

JOSEPH TRAFFORD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-WIRE CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,241, dated May 26,1903.

Application filed March 13,1902. Serial No. 98,076. (No model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH TRAFFORD,a subj ect of King Edward VII,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in BottleJVire Cutters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple, durable, andpowerful bottlewire cutter, whereby the wire holding the cork in abottle may be quickly and easily severed at the portion thereof whichsurrounds the neck of the bottle, so that after said wire is severed the.part surrounding the neck of the bottle and also the part extendingover the cork therefrom may be easily removed, leavin g the cork free tobe detached from the bottle and leaving the bottle entirely free fromthe wire. 7

The invention consists of a device of the character described comprisinga handle, a cutter-bladefast thereto adapted to engage the portion of abottle-wire encircling the neck of a bottle, and a fulcrum-blade fast tosaid handle and adapted to bear against the neck of said bottle for thepurpose specified.

The invention again consists in a bottlewire cutter comprising a handleterminating in two fulcrum-blades adapted to bear against the neck of abottle and a cutter-blade fastened therebetween and adapted to engagethe portion of a bottle-wire encircling the neck of said bottle, wherebywhen the wire is 'severed, as hereinafter described, at the portionwhich encircles the neck of the bottle said wire may be entirely removedfrom the neck of said bottle.

The invention still further consists in the combination and arrangementof parts set forth in the following specification and particularlypointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedbottle-wire cutter, showing the same in position ready to sever a wireupon the neck of a bottle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, the bottleshown in section. Fig. 3 is a plan View of a modified form ofbottle-wire cutter. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the modified formillustrated in Fig. 3.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 6 is my improved bottle= wire on tter, formed,preferably, of sheet metal and comprising a handle 7, terminating in twofulcrum-blades S 9, extending laterally and downwardly from said handleand having the ends 10 10 thereof concaved in order that they may easilycome to a bearing upon the necks of different-sized bottles.

The cutter-blade 11 is fastened by rivets 12 12 between thefulcrum-blades 8 9 and is pointed and curved upwardly, forming a hook atits outer end, being provided with a cutting edge 13 upon the upper sidethereof, with which to sever the wire 14, extending around the neck ofthe bottle 15.

The operation of my improved bottle-wire cutter is as follows: Thepointed end of the eutter-blade 11 is inserted beneath the portion ofthe wire 14 which encircles the neck of the bottle 15, and the handle isthen depressed until the ends 10 10 of the fulcrum-blades 8 9 restagainst the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By pressingdownwardly upon the handle 7 it will be seen that the ends 10 of theblades 8 9, which bear against the bottle, will constitute a fulcrumupon which the handle and the cutter-blade will tip as a cen ter,forcing the cutting edge 13 of the cutter blade 11 outwardly anddownwardly from the bottle and severing the portion of the wire 14 whichencircles the neck of the bottle 15. The fulcrum-blades 8 9 beingdiverged laterally, as shown in Fig. 2, from the cutterblade give a firmbearing for the instrument upon the neck of the bottle,preventing anytendency to slip or turn sidewise while the wire is being cut, and thedownwardly-projecting form of the fulcrum-blades 8 9 causes the cuttingedge at the point of the cutter 11 to move downwardly as well asoutwardly when the handle is depressed, thus making sure of severing thewire with great ease and safety.

In Figs. 3 and 4: I have illustrated a modification of my improvedbottle-wire cutter in which the handle 16, formed of sheet metal,terminates in two ends, one of which consti tutes a cutter-blade 17, theother a fulcrum blade 18. The fulcrum-blade 18 is concaved upon its edgein order to get a bearing upon the neck of a bottle, and the sides ofthe handle 16 are joined together by rivets 19 and a plate 20. Theoperation of this form of my invention is substantially the same as theform illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the fulcrum-blade 18 issingle instead of double, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be seen that in the use of my improved bottle-Wire cutter thewire encircling the neck of the bottle is cut apart by the cutter-blade11, and thus the entire wire may be removed from the bottle by liftingthe same upwardly after the part encircling the neck has been cut, ashereinbefore described. This leaves the cork and the bottle entirelyfree from the wire, so that the cork may be removed with a corkscrew orby the pressure of the gas Within the bottle, and the bottle will thenbe entirely free of the wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by LettersPatent to secure, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a bottlewire cutter comprising a handleterminating in a fulcrum-blade, the end of which is adapted to bearagainst the neck of a bottle, and a cutting-blade having a cutting edgeupon its upper side curved upwardly and forming a hook adapted to engagethe portion of abottlewire which encircles the neck of a bottle, saidcutter-blade fastened rigidly to said fulcrumblade and handle.

2. As an article of manufacture, a bottlewire cutter comprising a handleterminating in two fulcrum-blades provided with ends adapted to bearagainst the neck of a bottle,

and a cutter-blade having a cutting edge upon its upper side adapted toengage the portion of the bottle-wire which encircles the neck of abottle, said cutter-blade fastened rigidly between said fulcrum-blades.

3. As an article of manufacture, a bottlewire cutter comprising a handleterminating in two fulcrum-blades, provided with concave ends adapted tobear against the neck of a bottle, and a cutter-blade having a cuttingedge upon its upper side adapted to engage the portion of a bottle-wirewhich encircles the neck of a bottle, said cutter-blade fastened rigidlybetween said fulcrum-blades.

4. As an article of manufacture, a bottlewire cutter comprising a handleterminating in two fulcrum-blades extending laterally and downwardlyfrom said handle and adapted to engage the periphery of the neck of abottle,

and a hooked cutter-blade rigidly fastened between said fulcrum-blades,provided with a cutting edge upon its upper side extending upwardly fromsaid fulcrum-blades and adapted to engage the portion of a bottle-wirewhich encircles the neck of a bottle,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH TRAFFORD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GooDING, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

